Range Graduate Seminar

Fall 2008

Thursdays from 12:00 - 12:50 PM In GT 337

August:

8/28 Dr. Sam Fernald (NMSU-ANRS) "New Watershed Management Perspectives from Patagonia"

8/29 (Special Seminar) Edgardo Adema (INTA Anguil - Argentina) "Current state of the semiarid rangelands of central Argentina"

September:

9/4 Dr. Jerry Holechek (NMSU-ANRS) "International Range Management Experiences: Emphasis Africa"

9/11 Dr. Rex Pieper (Emeritus Professor, NMSU-ANRS) "Pinon-juniper Ecology"

9/18 Dr. Louis Bender (USGS-NMCFWRU) "Managing pinyon-juniper for deer and elk: balancing security and forage needs"

9/25 Dr. Andres Cibils (NMSU-ANRS) "The importance of pinon-juniper woodlands as shelter for cattle"

October:

10/2 Dr. Joel Brown (USDA-NRCS-JER) "Pinyon-juniper dynamics in the San Juan Basin: effects of energy infrastructure"

10/9 Dr. Brandon Bestelmeyer (USDA-ARS-JER) "An introduction to state-and-transition models in PJ ecosystems"

10/16 No seminar - Registered students meet with instructor to discuss student presentation format and schedule

10/23 Dr. Kirk McDaniel (NMSU-ANRS) "Management of pinon juniper woodlands"

10/30 Dr. Santiago Utsumi (NMSU-ANRS) "Can small ruminants be used to suppress one-seed juniper encroachment?"

November:

11/6 Dr. John Fowler (NMSU- AEAB) "Pinon juniper response to thinning in NM: 25 years of data"

11/13 Dr. Sam Fernald (NMSU - ANRS) "Hydrology of PJ woodlands in NM"

11/20 Dr. Ferhat Gokbulak (Istanbul University) "Watershed management studies in Turkey"

11/27 No seminar - Thanksgiving break

December:

12/4 Student presentations by Barbara Witmore, Mindy Avery, and Carlos Ochoa (Titles TBA)

12/11 Student presentations by Kirsten Romig, Ciara Cusack, Ahmed Mohamed, and Matthew Overstreet (Titles TBA)